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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s AutoX is a good learning tool, but I hated that you had to wait there all freaking day for like 4 mins total of driving time

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Old 04-30-2013, 12:06 AM   #616 (permalink)
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AutoX is a good learning tool, but I hated that you had to wait there all freaking day for like 4 mins total of driving time spread throughout the day. Once I had my first track experience, I stopped caring about AutoX
I'm not saying you should live or die by AutoX, but it's a good place to REALLY get to toss a car around relatively safely. HPDE is superior overall I believe, but both have their benefits.
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I didn't learn to drive from AutoX or HPDE, and at my first HPDE, I was quite fast.

I learned an awful lot from video games and hooligan friends and having been taught well from the beginning. Not saying that I advise hooliganism.


PC sim racing and hooliganism is how I learned. I actually have an interesting theory about why I require no steering feedback whatsoever to be fast, but I'll save that for another day.
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Also, its relatively cheap. $50 for a day, usually.
There's also the option of doing a hyperdrive for $50. It's just one 25 min session on the track on the same day as an HPDE event. Whichever works best for you, both are good options. I did an AutoX, then a hyperdrive, and now an HPDE. Each one was progressively more fun than the last.
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I'm not saying you should live or die by AutoX, but it's a good place to REALLY get to toss a car around relatively safely. HPDE is superior overall I believe, but both have their benefits.
Yeah that's true, I was just sharing my experience with AutoX. It's much easier since you don't have to drive all the way to freaking WV.
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When you AutoX, is is broken down by driver skill level, or by car modifications?

Cause those could potentially put someone in different levels they may/may not be ready for?
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When you AutoX, is is broken down by driver skill level, or by car modifications?

Cause those could potentially put someone in different levels they may/may not be ready for?
Doesn't really matter. You're pretty much doing the course on your own. Different classes only matter if you're trying to compete.
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I'm not saying you should live or die by AutoX, but it's a good place to REALLY get to toss a car around relatively safely. HPDE is superior overall I believe, but both have their benefits.
At this stage of the game I will concede that I have EVERYTHING to learn, and can't afford to rule out any source of knowledge or experience.
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I would like to AutoX, for the thrill of it, but I'm useless without the set lines of a track. The cones thing just doesn't work for me and I'd miss a ton of them.
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I would like to AutoX, for the thrill of it, but I'm useless without the set lines of a track. The cones thing just doesn't work for me and I'd miss a ton of them.
You never know until you try it. I had an instructor sitting with me and he'd point out the correct way around the cones if I started to do it wrong.
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I'm going to line up another HPDE at some point. I don't want to AutoX. The thrill of driving a real racing circuit is just amazing. To me, it's worth the extra coin.
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When you AutoX, is is broken down by driver skill level, or by car modifications?

Cause those could potentially put someone in different levels they may/may not be ready for?
What Shahid said. But, if you were COMPETING, your car would get stomped there. You have too many modications lol.
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You never know until you try it. I had an instructor sitting with me and he'd point out the correct way around the cones if I started to do it wrong.
But if I do that, I won't be able to go full speed because I'm having to pay more attention to staying on course than my driving.

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I'm going to line up another HPDE at some point. I don't want to AutoX. The thrill of driving a real racing circuit is just amazing. To me, it's worth the extra coin.
Real track ftw. Instructors and lessons and learning, then performance coaching.
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What Shahid said. But, if you were COMPETING, your car would get stomped there. You have too many modications lol.
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Yes, I know you hate my car.
No, really - when SCCA runs competition AutoX, the modifications you have would put you in a class SO DIFFICULT, you'd get absolutely wrecked by Miata's running 305's up front and back hahaha.
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